Live From The Field

 [Event "Wijk aan Zee"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.01.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Navara, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "Hickman,Neil"] [PlyCount "55"]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 $1 {This is a novelty.} ({Apparently Anand and McShane have tried} 10. g4 $5) 10... c5 11. h5 h6 12. O-O-O Nb8 $6 ({I think one files this move under "too clever by half". In the very closed Breyer variation Black can get away with undeveloping the N like this; but here with stormclouds already gathering over the kingside surely} 12... Nf6 {was necessary}) 13. Rdg1 Nc6 14. g4 {Fritz will tell you this position is level. It isn't.} f6 {Forced, which already says something about how ropey Black's position is.} 15. g5 $1 fxg5 16. Nxg5 $1 Nd4 17. Qd1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 {As Barden wryly observes, "the kind of route one attack beloved of hackers in chess clubs..." White's position is almost playing itself.} Re7 ( 20... g5 21. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5+ 22. f4 $1 exf4 23. Qh5 Ne2+ 24. Kb1 $1 Nxg1 25. Qg6+ {and mates}) 21. hxg7 {With the Black king deprived of pawn cover and virtually all White's pieces bearing down on the king, it will be a miracle if Black escapes in one piece. Note that Black's queen-side pieces might as well not be on the board.} Rxg7 22. Qh5 $1 Be6 23. Bh6 Bf7 {Forcing the queens off. Has Black found his miracle?} 24. Bxg7 Bxh5 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxd8 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nxg1 {Material is nearly equal...} 28. Bxc7 $1 {...but this adroit sidestep leaves all of Black's pieces under threat. The rook forks the two minor pieces and if the bishop moves there is a potential skewer picking up the rook.} 1-0